Public Communications Inc. (PCI) is a Chicago, Illinois-based integrated marketing communications agency specializing in health care, conservation/environment, education and culture/entertainment/sports marketing. PCI is a founding partner of Worldcom PR Group.
Founded in 1962, PCI is consistently ranked by fee income among the largest independent (non-advertising agency owned) firms in the United States and Chicago, with about $6 million in fees billed annually. The agency is also among the largest certified Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) public relations agencies in the United States.
According to their website, some of PCI's current and former clients include, but are not limited to, the following:
Health care clients represent about 65% of PCI’s business. Among them are clients as large as Walgreens Complex Therapies and as small as start-ups in their first years of business, device and pharmaceutical companies; more than 25 medical and professional association clients including the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, the Radiological Society of North America, American Academy of Dermatology, the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Society of Anesthesiologists; medical schools, hospitals and health care systems including the University of North Carolina Health Care system; advocacy organizations including the AIDS Foundation of Chicago and the National Lung Cancer Partnership; and consultants and service providers to the industry.
Conservation clients of PCI include the Center for Humans and Nature, Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums, John G. Shedd Aquarium, The National Elephant Center, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago Zoological Society, Brookfield Zoo, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Oregon Zoo Foundation, Chicago Wilderness and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
Education clients range from pre-schools to high schools to private and public colleges and universities to entire school systems. Other specialty client sectors include architecture, park districts and land management and environmental issues.
PCI has worked with many cultural institutions, entertainment and sports clients including the Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago), the Iowa Transportation Museum, the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Museums In the Park, KeyLime Cove Water Resort, Six Flags Great America, Major League Baseball, the John Hancock All-Star FanFest, and the Chicago Bulls, Chicago White Sox and Chicago Rush.
